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Angliholic Posted 17 years ago
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Cause the ink just put down to smear

Writing left-handed from left to rigtht would cause the ink just put down to smear and get messy. That's why Leonardo chose to write in reverse to prevent smudging.

Hi,
Does the bolded part in the above sound right? If yes, what does it mean? Thanks.
  

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It sounds OK to me, Angliholic. I take cause the ink just put down to smear to be a reference to the fact that the ink that has just been used for the words you have just written down is not yet dry and thus prone to smearing. Or in other words: - cause the (not yet dry) ink (from the most recently written words) to smear

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  • It sounds OK to me, Angliholic.
  • I take cause the ink just put down to smear to be a reference to the fact that the ink that has just been used for the words you have just written down is not yet dry and thus prone to smearing.
  • Or in other words: - cause the (not yet dry) ink (from the most recently written words) to smear
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It sounds OK to me, Angliholic. I take cause the ink just put down to smear to be a reference to the fact that the ink that has just been used for the words you have just written down is not yet dry and thus prone to smearing. Or in other words:

- cause the (not yet dry) ink (from the most recently written words) to smear
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It means that as a left-handed person writes, the passage of his hand over the fresh ink causes it to smudge. This is why many left- handed people write hooking their hand right round so that their hand is to the right of what they are writing. President Obama is an example of someone who does this. Look at
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AngliholicWriting left-handed from left to rigtht would cause the ink just put down to smear and get messy. That's why Leonardo chose to write in reverse to prevent smudging.

Hi,
Does the bolded part in the above sound right? If yes, what does it mean? Thanks.

Perhaps an alternative:

"Writing left-handed from left to righ
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